Thomas Tillinghast

Thomas Tillinghast (21 August 1742-26 August 1821) was a member of the US House of Representatives (DR-RI) from from 13 November 1797 to 3 March 1799 (succeeding Francis Malbone and preceding John Brown) and from 4 March 1801 to 3 March 1803 (succeeding Christopher G. Champlin and preceding Nehemiah Knight).

Biography
Thomas Tillinghast was born in East Greenwich, Rhode Island in 1742, and he served in the State House from 1772 to 1773 and from 1778 to 1780, as an Associate Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court from 1780 to 1797, and in the US House of Representatives from 1797 to 1799 and from 1801 to 1803. He died in 1821.